Anthony Venutolo writer. podcaster. storyteller.

BIO

Anthony Venutolo has won five critical writing awards from the New Jersey Press Association and has appeared in such publications as Bikini, Details, POV and Playboy Online. He’s also written columns for the gambling magazines Chance, Casino Player and Strictly Slots.

Online his flash fiction and poems have appeared at Zygote in My Coffee, Red Fez, Deuce Coupe, Gutter Eloquence, Shoots and Vines, Six Sentences and was a Revolutionary Voice at the site Drunken Absurdity.

The former features editor at the Pulitzer Prize-winning Star-Ledger, is now a digital storyteller for corporate America.

His first book Front Page Palooka was released in October, 2013 as part of the FIGHT CARD book series. It was nominated for three New Pulp Awards including Best Novella, Best New Writer and Best New Character. His follow-up, Bourbon & Blondes was released in 2014.

THE PODCAST:

Tired of the usual pop culture podcasts filled with elitist opinions? Look no further. The Pop Culture Juke Joint hosted by Anthony and James Bond expert and blogger Jack Lugo .

Each episode, they'll take a deep dive into one particular aspect of pop culture. Be it TV, movies, media, books, comics, or music, they'll be here to help you along on your commute, workout or down time. So sit back, relax, grab your favorite cocktail and ... Enter the juke joint ...

THE BOOKS:

Both are available in e-book, print and audio formats.

FRONT PAGE PALOOKA

Newark, New Jersey, 1954

Years of fight halls and newsrooms have East Coast sportswriter Nick Moretti looking for a change. When a sloppy hustle goes bad and Nick takes a bullet in the shoulder, it’s time to go west.

Hired by Pinnacle Pictures to write a boxing movie about troubled heavyweight champ Jericho ‘Rattlesnake’ McNeal (who accidentally killed a man in a dark juke joint), Nick joins forces with sexy public relations gal, Dillian Dawson, for a cross-country tour to give an everyman boxer an unlikely shot at the world title – what could go wrong?

From the crackling neon of Hollywood and Sin City, through the steamy Delta, and on to Chi-Town, the glitzy dream becomes a noir nightmare, and newshound Nick Moretti is about to commit a reporter’s greatest sin – becoming a Front Page Palooka

For this entry in the hard-boiled FIGHT CARD series, writer Anthony Venutolo steps in as Jack Tunney, the shared pseudonym for today's hottest crime writers who write for the successful line of monthly pulp books.

BOURBON & BLONDES

Minimalist in approach but long on mood and atmosphere, this first entry in 'The Ladies of Liquor' series is a boozy mix of old-school pulp, shadowy noir and hard-boiled double-crosses.

Anthony delivers a collection of nearly 50 flash fictions and short stories that splatter onto the page at 90 proof. From the deserted bus stations of Route 66 to the smoky, neon-tinged jazz dives of the big cities, these wanton tales of longing introduce us to desperate vixens on the fringe and those shifty men that drove them there.

Get your shot glass ready because in this retro world, showgirls, drifters, barmaids and thieves have one thing in common -- they're all painted on a seedy canvas drenched in a hearty barrel of Kentucky's finest nectar.

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Credits:

Created with images by Pexels - "letters old typewriter" • Skitterphoto - "vintage typewriter letters" • aberrocreative - "Boxing Gloves sitting in a ring" • Christopher.Michel - "Amboy" • Chris Yarzab - "Roosevelt" • davidwilson1949 - "19680802 01 Trailways bus station" • tpsdave - "gardner massachusetts diner" • PublicDomainPictures - "whiskey bar alcohol" • jenni from the block - "Motel with Color TV" • Pixelkult - "media social media apps"

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